Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-01
y ROYAL CATS EYE.


i-''lV 'hSh enough money TO be comfortable with
Jus. enough good looks 10 make the designing OF
pretty toilcttes piqG4nt. With Just enough educa.
uon TO let them desire no move In the line OF severe
Studies, or the Annex. that IS. 4 little French 2
Mite music. little gossip, little cIub-vork at
Browning or shelley, Or the last literary fashion
tnat all served 20 pass the Tine when not engaged
In more serious pursuits OF dancing and calling
and make them think they were really cuIttvatine
themselves and rejecting credit ON the young
woMen OF their generation.
They lived out Of town few miles, but they
came In every Friday afternoon to the symphony
concerts sometimes on sundays TO go to Trinity,
ana on week days 20 DO their shopping to look II
tne pictures OF the Paint and Clay club. or some
UTt CORRECTION, 10 JaSe Turkish bath. or To visit
dIttlllLs course "a hioil-
80 80 Ohe d lhtG-tAdt was M&rld-tVtD
IooNisg into the nfnd-cJ,rc but abandoning "
in : CONVECTION that SIZE HADN'T any mind They
11Id LOEeIy mouse set Ia tine HI,tSJ OF flaming
EoWer-bedS I'm the season OF f8vtr-Uaus, and
where the spactOusnesS bentted The traditions OF
sIe old BettancUte grandfather; and they eXeE-
cised considerably car Lo-Dif5lity themselves
Ment out great deal among The wealthy country
iamfi1es, and occasionally among the ode and
Utot CITY people. and their name ala ~ a Gtti
Tor them- II you were not quite every thing You
wished you were, socially speaking. 10 visit or he
VISITED by the BeUtIHcutes very neary made You
-, While intimacy with Louise OF the BettancuteS
Was n crown or honor
The Bettancute,. however. did rot sharr this
FEELING OF their suburban community; tIey Fit
tnat an Oil name has LOT all III" virtue OF a Hc"
bank account, Ike that or the Pal ertC3is ana fH'
NedmOreS, and had vague sense % bring Eijei
oy these people ana their SCI. 50 that IL became
them 10 put the best 700; forward aGi hGit tler
heads and their caps straight, and always To
make such people remember that 'Aey were Bet
tancutes. In truth. While other young women Or
their set were heireSseS or new millions, their
own paltry Income In comparison CnIy served 10
Keep up their ancient place; ana hutl OF ING Ola
fainily plate. the Jewels and ct.oHnerS ana IdC'S
and furs or the former Eetiancdte iathe-, hiG
gone with an uncle who lived IN 4hp,htf : ave,
and were made Use OF by his dIugh ,erS, VINO
really seemed 10 Louise and Kate and Frances
and the rest to have no right Co them. Out OF
their incomes they had mutually u share the cX-
pense OF living. TO dress themselves and buy finer
les and candies ana knickknacks, and reserve Il
little for chuF.h collections or street beg3rS. and
get all their music and concert tickets and extra
lessons; and you may be sure there was very little
left and they were lucky IL they had not run in
debt when they balanced their separate accounts
at the close or the year. Maria was the only one
who ever had any sum left over. and Was in con-
dition 10 become the family creditor. But the
other sisters did not much ike borrowing OF her,
after all, and never were her debtors when they
could avoid it. Il would rather borrow Of the
cook" said Amy. '-SAe wouldn't dun me more
than half the time
Louise Bettancute, the youngest sister. was one
OF those magnetic people who charm you with
their sympathy. Her soft brown eyes gazed Int o
yours rs II they were wells in whose bottom truth
lay, witie-O1eD. be1miHg eyes, fail OF a certain
golden sunshine looking through the brown, full.
too, Of cordial liking Tor you to-day. Tor your
enemy tomorrow. For hers was the temperament
that i overcome by personality, that Is partly =
sort OF mirror rejecting The Individual before it
for the Instant. partly, with singular c0ntradic-
ton, a living. hreathing desire simply ami solely
10 please. she agreed with peOpie-when they
We're not her ~i~terS-IeCauSe IL would make then,
think less kindly OF her il she differed FROM them
Size shared Betty Browns sentiments because con-
geniality Of opinion was SCch bond OF intimacy
ard she liked To have friends: she did share Them
TOO, for the time being. and she shared those ol
the very opposite nature which an hour aftgrwaTd
d ny Morris enumerated, and for the same 7 .SCss
she had dramatic faculty OF throwing herself
into the condition and atmosphere OF tn one -
whom she spoke: she was that person iGr the Few
seconds passing with all that persons ieaTs SUr-
rows hopes, and joys "a far She was acquainted
and sweet and perfectly lovely and unselsl Louis.
B'Jtancute was. one OF those people WHO - .,eJ
bCdy out Of the fsEIily.
Did you ever see anybody quite Ike Louisa?'
SAID Amy 10 Kate !lc is determined TO visit the
Norrises, and Know they never meant TO ask her:
she just took advantage OF polite phrase They
really cant afford fl, and you know Louise + :,
very fa>tidiouS visitor, and Mlkes people feel IT,
Il don't see how she can give people to uHier-
st md that she must have vsiiS0n and Hamburg
Craps and cream and AL the rest Ia take bread
ard water first.7
.'>,he say the way 20 get what you want through
life IS 10 let people know tEJt you must have ii :;
and about such things lets II be known in the
gtntiest way that tAe doctor ordered them, and
then there's no more TO say" answered Frances
'.tut she wont stay long at the NOrriseS, because
shes going 10 the BtIffey : Dali IL ton ntAey say
It's 10 be the finest bal ever given ia Bostcn-aud
shes bound 10 return IN tinle 10 have her dress
ready and arrange al her notions
poor Louis" signed Maria. Wei. she can't
help it, Its The way shes male. And She i too
awiuIiy pretty for anything, and sweeter GlIun
honey In the hOneycOnlO when she chooses. q nj
somehow think she's more charming with thnse
little faults oI LerS tLan she would be without
them.
.Are we, Mariae~ cried the others. ..vvlu YOU
think We are awfuly pretty II We insist upon hav-
Ing our way through life mace especially c,.sy:
and owct;tF than EOney ami too charming for any
thing the more faults We Haunt in your faces III
borrow ali your last quarters income. ana
meier pay you dollar OF it, and let you 20 10 t,,.
nail a C-stl Ft9.ig rtf.rfy
can Just flash with ~pleGGUraa'
Vow YOU know that isn't accurate, laughed
II aria 1T Was only half the quarters Income,
anyway. And Louise can't help IL. tell YOU any
more than she can hep her hair ) being bright
yellow and curling, or her eyebrows being black
and straight or her skin ike = rose leaf Or her
figure Ike tall young wOOd-nynph'S. / nope W.
all love her just the same d, IL each one OF Us was
"a pretty and fascinating Is she Is
'.Neil! wonder IL Sue'S hot ready? I'2 tired
Of waiting for That last prink" c. led Kate 1.-The
train Will be at the station before ste l. Were
going into town about her dress She thinks She'll
have a white velvet.
~ white what" said Maria. the care-taker and
buTden-bearer Of The Eumber-Naria Who had
waite eyebrows ami ii rJIdy skin. ana was shy and
1in0roGs, and not III the least Issc!natia. Or yll-
pathetic, and, as you SEE. net in the least Lac
Louis.
as It's such an exjraordia aay occasion, IT
v trTdnts an extraordinary gown. sn. says
1T will take every penny OF her III i0lyarca-
Then she VIII nave all the OF yours Maria
'.ARd what are yOI gCinc To 10. Ka;ea--
ION, save my money. and wear one have that
=" ell were young only once. and ii Size has set
her heart on booming out at this bali Ike great
white Japan Aiy-wAy, let her bloom
which means that when she has spent all her
money yoUI give her ali yCUrs TO spend a, usual
aIi 90 ike dud yourself Tisn't fair maria.
Should mink you'd be afraid the rest OF Us would
c. mp!1iE.
Il never know how 10 spend it al myself. Next
&c Louise, you are the sieA1tATlfJ ol the family
ka:r.
well, shouldn't he !: mad enough money.
u CRY beCJc-e Iuy money doesn't LGsi cut Id
Ehc 70 nave some ltft. and TOuiI IL there was
Il JIe OI Il could l. diI Louise doe aud
L4dde way with yours iir,t.~ And w!th this ey
position III the true principles az political tc1uo-
lny tie Dung woman. hearing simultaneously the
4iSJie % the train and LJU7.s foot on the stair
hErrIe n 10 LO.d Tie train II she could III .ne
other arrived
-Are You really Ia earnest Louise. about tins.
wl.te velEet:' said kate a. they walked ,ioEn
IN" ~St,-s 81 H0yey's. ''It> 4 1risEttul extr.ya-
game
wei. itS ny extravaganza: not yours. Yes.
. i,-d.ie NJ my mind 10 Jhat.
1T = CoWd-cr,s dleSs-yeIyet."
- t.eEc l>h any timing % eX4Ei,ifriv siadeEIv Is
IKE tAe peal ~ u lily; aLd Ina going to xear
: AT White lilies with It, and a,n-i sr,-I. yt-
j HctFl 10 guy me Spi.lc is-f.as 2, yt.F
ID l. ! CONT know Why sc shouldn't buv lew
e. -oE ourselves - vel " j for HJSi ifi TO
CIV tErn 10 u, all the more TnaI T..cie B.ftau-
things
y "a are Eot gon. To run in debt Tor lewcIry?-
L 'uIHHFcd kaJe. in iOrrDr.
. '4siL II dcDts No I've often told you that In
Tn @naacier oi tEs family"
~ 4td A.rlt'- help
"a ;. give daria pressure % help me out don't
XIX" Ny should deprive her OF TIE pleasure
-a..1 - / shouldn't EsuGnr cuufG 100.